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The Anti-Coup

by Gene SHARP (1928 - 2018)

Coups have been defeated

The Anti-Coup

Supporters of political democracy, human rights, and social justice have good reasons to be alarmed about coups d'état. These abrupt seizures of the state apparatus have occurred with great frequency in recent decades. Coups have overthrown established constitutional democratic systems of government, halted movements toward greater democracy, and have imposed brutal and oppressive regimes. Coups d'état are one of the main ways in which new dictatorships are established. Coups may also precipitate civil wars and international crises. Coups remain a major unsolved defense problem. This book describes an anti-coup policy focused on defense of the society by the society itself, using non-violent methods. The two basic principles of anti-coup defense promoted in this book are to: 1) deny legitimacy to the putschists, and 2) to resist the putschists with noncooperation and defiance. (Summary by Benjamin Gittins)

Listen next episodes of The Anti-Coup:
A durable success , Adopting an anti-coup defense , Albert Einstein Institution Mission Statement / About the Authors , Anti-coup defense , Anti-coup weapons , Appendix One , Appendix Two , Blocking control by the putschists , Collapsing the coup , Consequences of an anti-coup defense , Defying repression and intimidation , Deterring coups d'etat , Direct defense of the society , Facing attack: obstruction and communication , Facing attack: repudiation and rejection , Government initiated preparations , Guidelines for general resistance , In the case of need for long-term defense , International support , Other types of preparations , Possible legislation and other plans to mobile defense , Preparations by the civil institutions , Promoting an anti-coup defense , Resistance: general and organized , Shifts in strategy during the struggle , The civilian defenders' aims , The importance of nonviolent discipline , The importance of strategy , The need for preparations , The putschists require... , Treatment of the usurper's troops and functionaries